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− | ===Timeline: 2000-present=== | + | ===Timeline: 2000-2005=== |
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| In 2000, Google is already available in different languages which include French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish,<ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/pressrelease22.html Google Goes Global]</ref> Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. <ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/pressrelease34.html Global Expansion]</ref> The Google Adwords was launched with 350 customers and Google Toolbar. On June 11, 2000, the google home page became the largest search engine with 1 billion items.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/#2000 Timeline Year 2000]</ref> | | In 2000, Google is already available in different languages which include French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish,<ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/pressrelease22.html Google Goes Global]</ref> Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. <ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/pressrelease34.html Global Expansion]</ref> The Google Adwords was launched with 350 customers and Google Toolbar. On June 11, 2000, the google home page became the largest search engine with 1 billion items.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/#2000 Timeline Year 2000]</ref> |
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− | In 2001, Google is already available in 26 languages, Eric Schmidt was appointed Chairman and Wayne Rosing was hired as VP for Engineering.[http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/#2000 Timeline Year 2001]</ref> The following year, Schmidt was elected CEO while Page assumed the position of president for products and Brin became president for technology.<ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/ceo.html Press Release]</ref> Google opened its first international office in Tokyo, Japan.
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− | In 2002, Google and [[AOL]] inked partnership, the company also launched the '''Google Search Appliance,'''new device that will allow corporations to use its search technology to scan their own networks, <ref>[http://news.cnet.com/Google-aims-search-device-at-companies/2100-1023_3-833905.html CNET]</ref> Adwords Select, an enhanced version of Adwords was released, a self-service advertising system with the Cost-Per Click (CPC)feature, <ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/select.html Press Release]</ref> the First Google API which enables developers to query more than 2 billion web documents and programs in their favorite environments, and the Google Labs.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-919173.html Google ushers Web surfers into its labs]</ref> The Google News and Froogle was also launched and the company's office in Australia was opened. | + | In 2001, Google is already available in 26 languages, Eric Schmidt was appointed Chairman and Wayne Rosing was hired as VP for Engineering.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/#2000 Timeline Year 2001]</ref> The following year, Schmidt was elected CEO while Page assumed the position of president for products and Brin became president for technology.<ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/ceo.html Press Release]</ref> Google opened its first international office in Tokyo, Japan. |
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− | The American Dialect Society announced on January 13, 2003 that google was voted by its members as the “most useful” Word of the Year for 2002.<ref>[http://www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial/2002_words_of_the_y/ American Dialect Society]</ref> Goodle Adsense, Google Grants and Google Print were released.
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− | Google's Initial Public Offering (IPO) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2004.<ref>[http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/google/ipo/ds1.pdf SEC Document]</ref> During the same year, company also released Google Orkut, Google Local Gmai, SMS for mobile, Google Desktop search and Google Scholar were released.The Tokyo R & D Center was opened and the search index reach 8 billion.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/#2004 Timeline Year 2004]</ref> | + | In 2002, Google and [[AOL]] inked partnership, the company also launched the '''Google Search Appliance,'''new device that will allow corporations to use its search technology to scan their own networks, <ref>[http://news.cnet.com/Google-aims-search-device-at-companies/2100-1023_3-833905.html CNET]</ref> '''Adwords Select''', an enhanced version of Adwords was released, a self-service advertising system with the Cost-Per Click (CPC)feature, <ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/select.html Press Release]</ref> the First '''Google API''' which enables developers to query more than 2 billion web documents and programs in their favorite environments, and the '''Google Labs'''.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-919173.html Google ushers Web surfers into its labs]</ref> The Google News and Froogle was also launched and the company's office in Australia was opened. |
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| + | The American Dialect Society announced on January 13, 2003 that google was voted by its members as the most useful Word of the Year for 2002.<ref>[http://www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial/2002_words_of_the_y/ American Dialect Society]</ref> '''Goodle Adsense''', '''Google Grants''' and '''Google Print''' were released. |
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| + | Google's Initial Public Offering (IPO) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2004.<ref>[http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/google/ipo/ds1.pdf SEC Document]</ref> During the same year, company also released '''Google Orkut, Google Local Gmail, SMS for mobile, Google Desktop search and Google Scholar''' were released.The Tokyo R & D Center was opened and the search index reach 8 billion.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/#2004 Timeline Year 2004]</ref> |
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| + | DARPA scientist [[Vinton Cerf]] joined Google on October 3, 2005 as Chief Internet Evangelist<ref>[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/09/cerfs-up-at-google.html Google Blog]</ref> and '''Dr. Kaifu Lee''' as head of the Google's China R & D Center.<ref.[http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-09-13/business/17391707_1_kai-fu-lee-noncompete-agreement-google sfgate.com]</ref> The company also opened its offices in Sao Paolo and Mexico City and numerous products were released such as '''Google Analytics, Google Transit, Google Reader''' and many other products. |
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| + | ===Timeline: 2006-present=== |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |